TM 5-315 Fire Protection By Troop Organizations In Theaters Of Operations 1944-03-23 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page CHAPTER 1. GENERAL 1-5 1 CHAPTER 2. ENGINEER FIRE-FIGHTING ORGANIZATIONS 6-12 3 CHAPTER 3. USE AND CARE OF EQUIPMENT. Section I. Fire pumps 13-20 12 II. Fire extinguishers 21-25 30 III. Fire hose 26-30 44 IV. Protective clothing and equipment 31-32 51 V. Miscellaneous equipment 33-50 54 CHAPTER 4. TACTICS AND TECHNIQUE OF FIRE FIGHTING. Section I. Elementary chemistry of fire 51-57 67 II. Hydraulics of fire fighting 58-72 73 III. Tactics of fire fighting 73-83 89 IV. Ventilation 84-90 92 V. Salvage operations 91-95 95 VI. Electrical fires 96-100 99 VII. Standard fire-department hand signals 101 103 VIII. Petroleum fire control 102-112 107 IX. Airplane crash operations 113-116 117 X. Control of natural-cover fires 117-128 131 CHAPTER 5. FIRE PROTECTION. Section I. Theater requirements 129-130 140 II. Manpower requirements 131-132 141 III. Pumper and water requirements 133-135 141 IV. Fire and crash alarms 136-137 145 V. Fire prevention 138-141 146 CHAPTER 6. PASSIVE AIR-DEFENSE AND FIRE-DEFENSE MEASURES FOR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. Section I. General 142-149 151 II. Fire-defense and passive-defense plans — maximum facilities 150-152 153 III. Fire defense and passive defense — minimum facilities 153-159 161 APPENDIX I. LIST OF REFERENCES 173 II. LISTS OF EQUIPMENT 175 INDEX 181

"List of references": pages 173-174

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